Miami Beach is tracking toward a healthy year-end cushion in the current fiscal year, but City Manager Eric Carpenter is urging the Mayor and City Commission to bank those gains — not spend them — as a looming budget shortfall and potential state legislative action threaten to squeeze city finances in the year ahead.
In a June 4, 2026, Letter to Commission (LTC #242-2026), Carpenter delivered the city's Fiscal Year 2026 Second Quarter Analysis, covering ...